The trial heard Ambrose stabbed her during a drunken row and then left, not realising she would bleed to death.

Her boyfriend Graham Grogan, 21, was jailed for life in Oct 2000.

The trial at Minshull Street Crown Court heard he smashed her head into a wardrobe, then stabbed her in the heart, back and lungs.

Dec 28 – Flamur Daci, 28, an Albanian immigrant from Southend, was attacked at Tesco in Gravesend, Kent, in a brawl which continued in the nearby railway station. Five Albanian asylum seekers were identified as his killers – Edrin Hodaj, Gezim Ilgazi, Antest Dailani, Genjan Ilgazi and Ruduan Dailani. An inquest in July 2000 recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. Dec 25 – Pervinder Singh Rayatt, 19, from east London, was killed in Chinatown, central London at 4am.

Kevin Dennis was one of several people (along with Barry George) who were told in 2013 they could not have compensation for wrongful conviction.Chris Peterkin, 17, a student from the nearby Bayonne estate, was jailed for life in July 2000.He was caught by DNA after spitting on the victim’s body.Stefan Williams and Onyebuchuku Anyado were also jailed for life.Kevin Dennis played for Welling United FC, having previously played for Arsenal and Brentford.